AMS Cardiology

JANUARY 16, 2024

Cardioversion is used to correct abnormal heart rhythms, also known as arrhythmias. When your heart beats too quickly, too slow, or irregularly, it can affect your blood flow and lead to severe complications like stroke or heart failure. Cardioversions can help “reset” your heart rhythm to its regular pattern.

Atrial Fibrillation 52

Atrial Fibrillation Heart Rhythm AFIB Atrial Flutter 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 14, 2023

The rhythm is 2:1 atrial flutter. The flutter waves can conceal or mimic ischemic repolarization findings, but here I don't see any obvious findings of OMI or subendocardial ischemia. The bedside echo showed a large RV (Does this mean there is a pulmonary embolism as the etiology?) Here is his triage ECG: What do you think?

Chest Pain 52

Chest Pain Pulmonary Sickle Cell Disease Atrial Flutter 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 27, 2021

The patient has heart failure as a result of this event. 2 months later, he presented in pulmonary edema with atrial flutter and formal echo had EF 20% Why did this happen? How could an occlusion (Occlusion MI, OMI) that results in the loss of a massive amount of myocardium and results in Heart Failure be missed?

Myocardial Infarction 40

Myocardial Infarction Ischemia STEMI Pulmonary 40

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 6, 2020

NT-proBNP values less than 300 pg/ml have a 99% negative predictive value for excluding congestive heart failure. A cutoff of 1200 pg/ml for patients with a normal eGFR is very specific for heart failure. There is atrial activity before every QRS, but that activity has negative polarity, so it is not sinus rhythm.

Heart Failure 52

Heart Failure Tachycardia Atrial Flutter Cardiomyopathy 52

Cardiovascular Diabetology

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The effects of SGLT2i on atrial fibrillation(AF), atrial flutter(AFL), composite AF/AFL, ventricular fibrillation(VF), ventricular tachycardia(VT), ventricular extrasystoles(VES), sudden cardiac death(SCD) and composite VF/VT/SCD were evaluated. SGLT2i lowers the risk of SCD only in heart failure patients.

Sudden Cardiac Death 64

Sudden Cardiac Death Arrhythmia Atrial Flutter Heart Failure 64

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Methods The primary effectiveness endpoint (PEE) was 12-month freedom from documented atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter/atrial tachycardia plus freedom from acute procedural failure, nonstudy catheter failure, repeat ablation failure, direct current cardioversion (DCCV), and Class I/III antiarrhythmic drug (AAD) failure.

Atrial Fibrillation 40

Atrial Fibrillation Quality of Life Atrial Flutter Ablation 40

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

History of Cardiovascular disease (all studies): Especially any history of heart failure or structural cardiac disease, including valvular 4. to 22.7), a history of congestive heart failure (OR: 5.3, Age greater than 65 (Sarasin and STePS) 3. Syncope without a prodrome, no precipitating factors (EGSYS) 5. 95% CI = 1.9

Arrhythmia 52

Arrhythmia Outcomes Chest Pain Risk Factors 52

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

JANUARY 7, 2025

ABSTRACT Typical atrial flutter (AFL), defined as cavotricuspid isthmus (CTI)-dependent macro-re-entrant atrial tachycardia, often causes debilitating symptoms, and is associated with increased incidence of atrial fibrillation, stroke, heart failure, and death.

Atrial Flutter 45

Atrial Flutter Atrial Fibrillation Quality of Life Ablation 45

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 6, 2025

Possible but, again, the QRS morphology is atypical 3) Atrial Flutter with 2:1 conduction and "aberrancy". I do not see flutter wave baseline, and again the QRS morphology is not typical for a supraventricular rhythm. See this case, for example: A Relatively Narrow Complex Tachycardia at a Rate of 180.

Tachycardia 95

Tachycardia Dysrhythmia ICU Pulmonary 95